Hi, Paul.

PE> PE> FM> As Paul said to you "//" is C++ not Borland.
And you could still
PE> use
PE> PE> FM> "/*...*/" as a one-line comment, as you to
with "{...}" in Pascal.
PE> But
PE> PE> FM> it's the nestability thing which is such a big
advantage. I comment
PE> my
PE> PE> FM> code a lot, with {}, and it's just so easy while debugging to
PE> surround
PE> PE> FM> some bits you don't want to use in that test with (*...*).

PE> PE> In C, you use #if 0, #endif to mask out large blocks of code.  BFN.
PE> Paul.

PE> FM> OK, that wouldn't be too much trouble and achieve the desired result.
PE> FM> You could {$define test1} {$ifdef test1} ... {$endif} in Pascal too,
PE> but
PE> FM> (* ... *) is easier.

PE> Some compilers have extensions that allow nested comments, but it's not
PE> standard.  BFN.  Paul.

Which wouldn't matter in the circumstances where I use it, ie in testing
and debugging. You'd remove that code (or at least the comments around
it) before your prog was "released".

Regards, fIM.

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